Minsk railway station

Minsk-Pasažyrski (Belarusian: Мінск-Пасажырскі, Russian: Минск-Пассажирский) is the main passenger railway station in Minsk, Belarus. It is located in the centre of Minsk. It is sometimes called Minsk Ploshchad Lenina due to the metro station serving the terminal, or simply Minsk.

Minsk-Passazhirsky
Belarusian Railway terminal
View of the station from the street.
Location Belarus, Minsk
Owned byBelarusian Railway
Platforms5 (4 island platforms)
Tracks14
Construction
Parkingyes
Other information
Station code140210[1]
Fare zone0
History
Opened1871[2]
Electrifiedyes
Services
Preceding station   Belarusian Railway   Following station

History

The station was built in 1873 as Vilenski vakzal, Vilnius station (Belarusian: Віленскі вакзал Russian: Виленский вокзал). The initial wooden building was demolished in 1890 and rebuilt in stone. During World War II Minsk railway station was completely destroyed. It was rebuilt in 1945–1946 and served until 1991. The new building of Minsk-Passazhyrski railway station was built in 1991–2002. Its construction was delayed due to financial difficulties. However now Minsk boasts one of the most modern and up-to-date railway stations in the CIS. There are plans to move all suburban rail traffic from Minsk-Passazhyrski to smaller stations Minsk-Uskhodni (East), Minsk-Paudnyovy (South) and Minsk-Paunochny (North) by 2020.

Traffic

National rail

Minsk Passazhirsky is the hub of national passenger transport. It is also served by several international trains to various countries of Europe, mainly to Russian and Ukrainian destinations. Some of the international routes are the Paris-Moscow express,[3] the Berlin-Moscow Strizh,[4] the Minsk-Novosibirsk express,[5] and the Polonez Warsaw-Moscow.[6]

It is the center, with the neighbour Minsk Institut Kultury station, of a suburban rail[7] linking the capital to several cities and town of its suburb in the district and through the region.

Urban transport

The station is served by Minsk Metro at Ploshchad Lenina station (Lenin Square), part of the Maskoŭskaja line. The station is also served by the tramway and by trolleybus.

Trains and destinations

International
Train numberTrain nameDestinationOperated by
001/002Belarus Moscow (Belorussky) Belarusian Railways
003/004Minsk Moscow (Belorussky) Belarusian Railways
008/083 Saint Petersburg (Vitebsky) (cars: Grodno) Belarusian Railways
009/010Polonez Warsaw (Zachodnia)
Moscow (Belorussky)		 Polish State Railways
Russian Railways
013/014 Strizh Berlin (Ostbahnhof)
Moscow (Belorussky)		 Russian Railways
017/018 Riviera Express Nice (Ville)
Moscow (Belorussky)		 Russian Railways
021/022Vltava Prague (cars: Wien (Westbahnhof))
Moscow (Belorussky)		 Russian Railways
023/024 Paris (Gare de l'Est)
Moscow (Belorussky)		 Russian Railways
025/026Svislach Moscow (Belorussky) Belarusian Railways
027/028Bug Brest
Moscow (Belorussky)		 Belarusian Railways
029/030Yantar Kaliningrad
Moscow (Belorussky)		 Russian Railways

Lithuanian Railways

031/032 Riga
Kiev (Main)		 Belarusian Railways
Ukrainian Railways
051/052 Brest
Saint Petersburg (Vitebsky)		 Belarusian Railways
061 Chisinau (Cars that arrive in Minsk detach from the Saint Petersburg-Chisinau in Zhlobin) Moldovan Railways
Belarusian Railways
063/064 Novosibirsk Belarusian Railways
065/066 Murmansk (cars: Brest) Belarusian Railways
077/078Nyoman Grodno
Moscow (Belorussky)		 Belarusian Railways
079/080 Kaliningrad
Saint Petersburg (Vitebsky)		 Russian Railways
085/086 Kiev (Main) Belarusian Railways
087/088 Riga Belarusian Railways
094 Odesa (cars: Kherson, Grodno) Belarusian Railways
095/096 Brest
Moscow (Belorussky)		 Belarusian Railways
100 Zaporizhzhia (cars: Novooleksiivka, Berdyansk) Belarusian Railways
103/104 Novosibirsk
Brest (cars: Gomel, Mogilev)		 Belarusian Railways
131/132 Brest
Moscow (Belorussky)		 Belarusian Railways
133/134 Arkhangelsk (cars: Gomel, Mogilev) Belarusian Railways
149/150 Mineralnye Vody Belarusian Railways
249/250 Saint Petersburg (Vitebsky) Belarusian Railways
302 Adler (cars: Grodno) Belarusian Railways
307/308 Saratov
Baranovichi (cars: Brest)		 Belarusian Railways
317/318 Karaganda
Baranovichi (cars: Brest)		 Belarusian Railways
327/328 Kazan (cars: Brest) Belarusian Railways
360 Adler
Kaliningrad (cars: Anapa, Gomel)		 Belarusian Railways
Russian Railways
371/372 Mogilev
Lviv		 Belarusian Railways
389/390 Anapa Belarusian Railways
425/426 Chelyabinsk
Kaliningrad		 Russian Railways
451/452 Varna Belarusian Railways
803/804 Vilnius Lithuanian Railways
805/806 Vilnius Belarusian Railways
807/808 Vilnius Lithuanian Railways

Photogallery
  • Hall of the station
  • The Stalinist architecture of two buildings at the Station Square, located in front of the terminal
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See also

Notes and references
  1. Stations of Russia on paravoz.com
  2. Железнодорожные станции СССР. Справочник. – М.: Транспорт, 1981
  3. Timetable plan of Paris-Moscow train on the ржд website
  4. Timetable plan of "Berlin-Moscow" train on the ржд website
  5. Timetable plan of "Minsk-Novosibirsk" train on the ржд website
  6. Timetable plan of "Polonez" train on the ржд website
  7. "Map of Minsk suburban railways on www.parovoz.com" (in Russian). Archived from the original on 14 July 2012.

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